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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

EFINTYM

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Words
27
Points
101
Genius
70
Pangram
1

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  • eminent

    adjective — (of a person) distinguished, important, noteworthy.

    adjective — Noteworthy, remarkable, great.

    adjective — High, lofty.

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • emit

    verb — To send out or give off

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • enemy

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • enmity

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • feminine

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  • femininity

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  • femme

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • imminent

    adjective — About to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long.

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • item

    noun — A distinct physical object.

    noun — A line of text having a legal or other meaning; a separate particular in an account.

    noun — Two people who are having a relationship with each other.

    noun — A matter for discussion in an agenda.

    noun — (psychometrics) A question on a test, which may include its answers.

    noun — A short article in a newspaper.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • meet

    verb — To make contact (with) while in proximity.

    verb — To make physical or perceptual contact.

    verb — To satisfy; to comply with.

    noun — A meeting.

    noun — A sports competition, especially for track and field (a track meet) or swimming (a swim meet).

    verb — (Of groups) To come together.

    Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.

  • meme

    noun — Something, usually humorous, which is copied and circulated online with slight adaptations, including quizzes, basic pictures, video templates etc.

    noun — A myth circulating as truth; something ineffective presented as effective, or similar.

    noun — Any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes.

    verb — To turn into a meme; to use a meme, especially to achieve something in real life.

    verb — To create and use humorous memes.

    verb — To joke around.

    Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

  • mentee

    noun — A person who is being mentored

    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • mete

    verb — (usually with “out”) To dispense, measure (out), allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).

    verb — To measure.

    adjective — Suitable; right; proper.

    noun — A boundary or other limit; a boundary-marker; mere.

    Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.

  • mien

    noun — Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer.

    noun — A specific facial expression.

    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • miff

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • mime

    noun — A form of acting without words; pantomime.

    noun — A pantomime actor.

    verb — To act without words.

    verb — To represent an action or object through gesture, without the use of sound.

    verb — To mimic.

    noun — A person who mimics others in a comical manner.

    Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

  • mine

    pronoun — My; belonging to me; that which belongs to me.

    noun — A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.

    noun — An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.

    noun — Any source of wealth or resources.

    verb — To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations.

    noun — A machine or network of machines used to extract units of a cryptocurrency.

    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • mini

    adjective — Miniature, tiny, small.

    noun — A miniskirt.

    noun — A minicomputer.

    Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.

  • minim

    noun — A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.

    noun — Anything very minute; applied to animalcula and the like.

    noun — A unit of volume, in the Imperial and U.S. customary systems, 1/60 fluid drachm. Approximately equal to 1 drop, 62 μL or 0.9 grain (weight) of water.

    noun — A short vertical stroke used in handwriting.

    noun — A little man or being; a dwarf.

    noun — A small fish; a minnow.

    Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.

  • mint

    adjective — (with condition) Like new.

    noun — Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.

    noun — A mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath.

    noun — The flavouring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.

    noun — A large amount of money. A vast sum or amount, etc.

    noun — A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.

    Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

  • minty

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • mite

    noun — Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari).

    noun — (sometimes used adverbially) Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle

    noun — (often used affectionately) A small or naughty person, or one you take pity on; rascal

    noun — A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing.

    noun — A lepton, a small coin used in Palestine in the time of Christ.

    noun — A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • mitt

    noun — An oversized, protective glove such as an oven mitt or a baseball mitt.

    noun — A mitten

    noun — (especially in plural) A hand.

    Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

  • mitten

    noun — A type of glove or garment that covers a hand with a separate sheath for the thumb, but not for other fingers, which are either enclosed in a single section or left uncovered.

    noun — A cat's or dog's paw that is a different colour from the main body.

    verb — To dress in mittens; to put a mitten on.

    noun — (as "the mitten") A romantic rejection; dismissal of a lover.

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • teem

    verb — To be prolific; to abound; to be rife.

    verb — To be stocked to overflowing.

    verb — To pour (especially with rain)

    Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.

  • tenement

    noun — A building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one.

    noun — Any form of property that is held by one person from another, rather than being owned.

    noun — Dwelling; abode; habitation.

    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • time

    noun — The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.

    noun — A duration of time.

    noun — The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.

    noun — An instant of time.

    verb — To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of.

    verb — To choose when something begins or how long it lasts.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • em×2
  • en×2
  • fe×3
  • im×1
  • it×1
  • me×4
  • mi×11
  • te×2
  • ti×1

Words by first letter and length

4567810Σ
e 1111·· 4
f ·1··11 3
i 1···1· 2
m 1122··· 15
t 2···1· 3
Σ 1543131 27

The numbers

Genius today takes 70 points of 101 available. The average answer runs 5.1 letters.

Total points vs. all 378 recorded puzzles
6th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
8th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17142 recorded answers

415 today34.5% all-time54 today22.8% all-time63 today20.0% all-time71 today12.1% all-time83 today6.3% all-time92.5% all-time101 today1.2% all-time110.3% all-time120.1% all-time130.0% all-time

History

Today's letters, last seen

LetterLast in a puzzleLast as center
e Sunday, February 8, 2026 Friday, February 6, 2026
f Saturday, January 31, 2026 Sunday, January 4, 2026
i Tuesday, February 10, 2026 Sunday, February 8, 2026
m ● Friday, February 6, 2026 Tuesday, January 13, 2026
n Tuesday, February 10, 2026 Friday, January 2, 2026
t Tuesday, February 10, 2026 Monday, February 9, 2026
y Saturday, February 7, 2026 Saturday, February 7, 2026

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 41
  2. naan 30
  3. nana 30
  4. onion 28
  5. toot 27
  6. loll 27
  7. mama 24
  8. mamma 24
  9. cocoon 23
  10. nene 23
  11. acacia 22
  12. acai 22
  13. bill 22
  14. loon 22
  15. aria 21
  16. onto 21
  17. toon 21
  18. cancan 21
  19. canna 21
  20. neon 21
  21. none 21
  22. olio 21
  23. anon 20
  24. lull 19
  25. lulu 19

Valid words the Bee rejected

Dictionary words the Bee never takes

Legitimate words (per the ENABLE list) that fit the letters but aren't official answers — usually judged too obscure.